First job this Friday column is to welcome the newly widened involvement with daily life at just-auto of our PLDB guru (and fellow Antipodean, from that holiday island to the west of New Zealand), Glenn Brooks, who has put Chrysler's product plans under the microscope and attracted a huge bunch of readers as a result.
Spyker-owned Saab Automobile filed an application overnight with the Swedish debt office to allow Hawtai of China to take a stake in the struggling carmaker, a debt official said on Friday.
Jaguar on Friday said it would build the C-X75 hybrid combining internal combustion power with electric motors "to achieve supercar performance" while emitting less than 99g/km of CO2 as part of a GBP5bn investment in Jaguar Land Rover by Indian owner Tata Motors.
As if Saab didn't have enough on its plate, what with the tortuously slow will-they/won't -they European Investment Bank (EIB) deliberations, it gets hit by a broadside from the Swedish Embassy in Beijing.
As if Saab didn't have enough on its plate, what with the tortuously slow will-they/won't -they European Investment Bank (EIB) deliberations, it gets hit by a broadside from the Swedish embassy in Beijing.
Ford has produced the millionth unit of the current Fiesta at its Cologne factory in Germany in record time, just 33 months after the first car rolled off the line.
Jaguar said it will build the C-X75 as a halo car for the brand. The British sports car maker will make 250 examples from 2013-2015. The C-X75 will have advanced technology to deliver low CO2 emissions of less than 99 g/km.
Jaguar said it will build the C-X75 as a halo car for the brand. The British sports car maker will make 250 examples from 2013-2015. The C-X75 will have advanced technology to deliver low CO2 emissions of less than 99 g/km.
The Jaguar C-X75, the hybrid supercar that stole the spotlight at last year's Paris motor show, will become reality in late 2013. Jaguar announced plans to build a production version of the car today in London. Just 200 will be made from 2013-2015.
Saab is describing as "unfortunate" a leaked document from the Swedish embassy in Beijing that appears to contain "subjective" views on the proposed Hawtai investment in the Swedish automaker.
The Jaguar C-X75, the breath-taking hybrid supercar that stole the spotlight at the Paris motor show, will become reality in late 2013.
So what you have got here is Dan The Man Akerson who has been chairman and chief executive of GM for the last 10 months, and the brand new chief financial officer Dan Ammann.
Saab has filed an application with Sweden's debt office to to allow China's Hawtai Motor Group and investment fund Gemini to pump in much-needed cash to help get production restarted.
BYD, the Chinese car maker backed by US billionaire Warren Buffett, saw sales fall 11% in April compared to the same month last year to 40,100 cars although this was slightly ahead of March's 40,027 units.
GM's Opel division plans to start selling cars in Israel shortly as the German brand expands worldwide to markets including South America and Asia, the head of GM's European operations said.
Porsche has revealed its latest limited-run sports car: the Cayman S Black Edition.
The UK joined Spain, France and Italy in reporting a slump in April deliveries, as new car registrations in Britain fell by 7.4 percent in April to 137,746 units.
New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has selected the Nissan NV200 - a medium sized van launched recently in a number of markets outside North America, including Europe - as New York's taxi beginning in late 2013 for a 10-year period.
A Renault marketing campaign will use comparisons with steam power to highlight the advanced technology of its new electric vehicles.
Porsche reveals new Cayman S Black Edition.
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